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David Kelly RIP

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  • #32
    superstoner90
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,076 ✭✭✭superstoner90


    R.I.P

    He was my favorit actor in charly in the chocolate factory. He played "Grampa joe"


  • #33
    Tipsy McSwagger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,077 ✭✭✭Tipsy McSwagger


    RIP

    One of the best Irish actors of all time.


  • #34
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,069 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    Will always remember him being the one armed dishwasher in Robin's Nest, and that infamous episode of Fawlty Towers (The builders).

    RIP David Kelly.


  • #35
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    RIP

    he never looked the healthiest it has to be said, very skinny & gaunt

    but having said that he reached a good age 82


  • #36
    kylith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,745 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    RIP David Kelly. He was a grand man.


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  • #37
    cycocycle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 507 ✭✭✭cycocycle


    inlikeflynn86 wrote: »
    RIP

    a living legend

    :rolleyes::D


  • #38
    MrJoeSoap
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,117 ✭✭✭✭MrJoeSoap


    Not his finest moment, I'm sure, but I'll always remember him from Upwardly Mobile!

    RIP, great actor.


  • #39
    later12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,298 ✭✭✭✭later12


    fryup wrote: »
    RIP

    he never looked the healthiest it has to be said, very skinny & gaunt

    but having said that he reached a good age 82

    I for one am shocked that he was only 82!

    I want to look like David Kelly on my deathbed; with a body - and that face - that has been utterly used and worn out with a life evidently very much enjoyed.


  • #40
    Plazaman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,037 ✭✭✭Plazaman


    Had the greatest of pleasure of having a couple of pints with the man about 12 years ago (think he gave it up soon after - hope it wasn't my fault). What a character and the stories flowed out of him, I could have listened to him forever. RIP, what a legend of an Irish actor.


  • #41
    TeddyTedson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,758 ✭✭✭✭TeddyTedson


    Aw no way. I was just watching the episode of fawlty towers he was in on Friday night.
    I think he was universally loved.
    RIP


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  • #42
    galwayrush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,816 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    Legend. R.I.P.


  • #43
    FloatingVoter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,133 ✭✭✭FloatingVoter


    Heres his IMDB CV...http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0446303/

    RIP Mr. Kelly


  • #44
    Bondvillain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,988 ✭✭✭Bondvillain


    A tremendously headbangerish C.V., encompassing everything from Fawlty Towers, Emmerdale (Back when it was a farm!) & Glenroe to slapstick farce like Waking Ned, Tim Burton Fairytales, and heavyweight stuff like A man of no importance & Ulysses.

    Mr Kelly was an endearingly gifted chancer who effortlessly stole scenes from such diverse leading men as Henry Fonda, Cyril Cusack, John Cleese, Vinny Jones, Albert Finney, Robert DeNiro & Johnny Depp at every turn.

    Charming and funny, he will be missed.


  • #45
    Jaafa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,621 ✭✭✭Jaafa


    Even in a mediocre film like this his acting stands out

    http://movieclips.com/yxjHD-mean-machine-movie-docs-story/


  • #46
    Your Airbag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,547 ✭✭✭Your Airbag


    Thanks for the great movie moments David. R.I.P


  • #47
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,183 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    R.I.P. He was a great actor. One of the few Irish legends.


  • #48
    A.Partridge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 680 ✭✭✭A.Partridge


    LordSutch wrote: »
    Will always remember him being the one armed dishwasher in Robin's Nest, and that infamous episode of Fawlty Towers (The builders).

    RIP David Kelly.

    "...I love a woman with spirit...I DO... I DO !!! " :D:D:D

    (queue Mrs Fawlty bashing him over the head with an umbrellaha ha ha).

    RIP David.


  • #49
    joegriffinjnr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 686 ✭✭✭joegriffinjnr




  • #50
    Wereghost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 324 ✭✭Wereghost


    It's sad to see that such a ubiquitous, well-liked and well-respected artist is no longer with us. Always a pleasure to see him turn up in something. RIP Sylvie.


  • #51
    LaFlammeRouge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 177 ✭✭LaFlammeRouge


    I liked him in Upwardly Mobile :o


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  • #52
    JerryHandbag
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭JerryHandbag


    Great actor, one of our finest. RIP.

    Gonna watch Strumpet City on youtube.


  • #53
    Rothko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭Rothko


    RIP

    He was fantastic in Fawlty Towers


  • #54
    El Siglo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,803 ✭✭✭El Siglo


    Great actor, RIP.


  • #55
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,968 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Mr O'Reilly RIP :(


  • #56
    Kerrydude1981
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,192 ✭✭✭✭Kerrydude1981


    Great actor and he always came across as a lovely man in any interview that id seen him do,loved his part in Fawlty Towers also he was brilliant playing the role of the mad publican in the RTE sitcom Upwardly Mobile.

    RIP another Irish legend gone


  • #57
    antodeco
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,722 ✭✭✭✭antodeco


    RIP good sir. You have left many good moments


  • #58
    yermanoffthetv
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 625 ✭✭✭yermanoffthetv


    Strumpet city was a bit before my time. I remember him from the signal box and his later films. A great man and a great loss RIP


  • #59
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 92,394 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    He was ace even in Mean Machine with Vinnie Jones

    RIP


  • #60
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy82gK-4mxw


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  • #61
    I Heart Internet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,678 ✭✭✭I Heart Internet


    He always seemed to play a man in his 80s, even when he was probably only in his 50s.

    Best remembered (by me) as Teassy's wayward husband in Glenroe and also he was in an episode of Fawltey Towers playing a stereotypical Irish builder (the old stereotype - not the racehorse owning, nama dweller type).

    RIP - thanks for the laughs.


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